Dispensing-receptacle



C. W. BUCKLEY.

DISPENSING RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1919.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

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DISPENSING RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1919.

1,355,210. I Patmed Oct. 12,1920.

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DISPENSING-RECEPTAGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented'Oct. 1 2, 1920.

Application filed October 25, 1919. Serial No. 333,280.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE WV. BUOKLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Memphis and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing receptacles, and has for an object to provide a receptacle of improved design and augmented convenience, which will discharge, when opened, a predetermined amount of contained material and, when closed, the dispensing apparatus will be charged for the subsequent delivery.

The receptacle is especially intended for smoking tobacco and'the charge dispensed is intended as substantially equivalent to one pipeful of tobacco, the proper amount for one cigarette or the like, but it is to be un derstood that the material dispensed has no limiting efiect upon the invention, nor the size of the receptacle, nor the quantity dispensed at one operation. s

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for opening the dispensing apparatus, making the opening and closing conveniently operated by one hand, so that in the case of a smokingtobacco dispensing apparatus the pipe or cigarette paper may be held in the other hand andthe dispensing or charging of the pipe wholly accomplished by one hand, by

holding the fingers of the right hand under the button and pressing with the thumb on the top. I

With these and other objects in view the device comprises certain new and novel units, elements, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which is made a part hereof, and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

F igure 1 is a view of the device partly in side elevation and partly in section showing the position of the receptacle and the position of the parts in discharging material therefrom,

Fig. 2 is a view of the device in side elevation with all parts closed in condition to be carried in the pocket,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the cover opened in condition for charging the receptacle, a

Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the cover closed, part of said cover being broken away to show the dispensing apparatus in open position, 7 3

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the manner of manipulating the cover member for releasing the dispensingchute, and

Fig. 6 is a View in side elevation of, a

modified type of dispensing apparatus with part of the side broken away to show the internal construction,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail view'of the 7 hinge,

F 8 is a fragmentary detail view of a modified type of fastening means,

Fig; 9 is a detail view of the type of fastening means shown at Fig. 8 taken at i right angles to ,such figure,

Fig. 10 is an inverted view of the bottom of the box showing corrugations for striking matches, r

Fig. 11 is an inverted View showing the bottom of the box having lips for engaging a strip of sandpaper or chemically treated paper for striking matches,

Fig. 12 is a view in elevation of the reverse side of the box showing means for securing a package of cigarette papers thereto,

Flg. 13 is a view of the reverse side of the box showing a different means for securing cigarette papers to the box, and

Fig. 14 is a view of the reverse side of the box showing a spring clip for securing cigarette papers to the box.-

The improved dispensing receptacle which forms the subject matter of this application comprises a body portion 10, preferably of stamped or drawn sheet metal whereby all corners are eliminated, but it is to be understood that the construction is not limited to such material or manner of making. The

body portion is U-shaped in transverse section, making a thin or narrow receptacle convenient for carrying in the pocket. At one side the continuity of the metal is interrupted as at 11 and a movable chute member indicated as a whole at 12 is pivoted in the open side by means of a T-head 13 inserted in the slot 13. The chute member comprises not only the outer sheet which. when closed, forms a continuation and symmetrical completion of the body 10, but also an inner partition 14 which stops short of the bottom at any predetermined point as at 15" (see Fig. 1), forming thereby a chute 16 so that when the dispensing member is swung outwardly upon its hinge 13, the chute is open at the top and the contained material may be discharged therefrom by inverting the device to a position such as thatshown at. Fig. 1. To automatically open the chute member 12, a spring is provided which may be of any approved form and shape, such a spring being shown at 17, it being understood however that the form and position of the spring isimmaterial to the invention.

To limit the outward movement of the chute member 12 so that the side of the receptacle will still remain closed when the V chute is opened, a bar18 is secured within and across the upper, otherwise free'corners of the body portion'10. This bar serves'for an offset member 19, preferably, althoughv not necessarily, integral with the partition 14 and stamping up from such offset member 19, lugs 20. The lugs 20 thus stamped up perform, not only the function of limiting the swinging movementof the chute memher but also serve as a means for properly positioning the spring21, which, when the chute member is in closed position engages behind the bar 18 and retains it in such posi-' tion but which may be depressed to release such chute member.

The releasing of the chute member 12 by the depressing of the spring 21 is preferably accomplished by providing the cover member 22 with suflicient looseness or play so that it may be depressed to the position shown in dotted lines at Figs. 2 and 5. Normally the cover member 22 is held in closed.

position by a detent 23 carried rigidly at the uppercentral portion of the body upon one side engaging a lug 24, carriediby the cover member 22. The body portion 10 is constructed of material having sufiicient resiliency so that pressure applied, as for instance at indicated position 25, will depress or spring inwardly the sheet metal to release theengagement between the detent 23 and the lug 24;, so that the cover member 22 under the action of the spring 26 will spring open upon its hinge 27. -The cover member 22, however, is open only for the purpose of re-filling the receptacle. To open' the chute the cover member 22 is depressed by the finger or thumb to the dotted line position at Figs. 2 and 5, whereby a rib 28 will engage upon and depress the spring 21. The depression of the cover member 22' will embrace the chute member 12, but 'suflicient the receptacle whereby suflicient clearance is allowed at this point to permit such opening, and not suflicient to provide space to discharge any material therefrom under ordinary conditions. hen the cover v22 has been allowed to return to normal, and the chute opened by the spring,

the entire receptacle may be tilted to the position shown at Fig. 1 and the material contained within chute 16may be discharged as indicated. It is obvious that by similarly returning the chute member 12 to normal position the cover member 22, having previously also returned" to normal, the spring 21 will again engage at the rear of the bar 18 and retain the chute-12 in closed position.

The offset 19 and the rib 28 serve as partitions to prevent the material contained in I the receptacle from becoming compacted above the chute member to prevent its free opening when desired, such clearance being lndicated at F1g.;1 wherein no material is shown 111 the trlangle between the ofiset 21.

and therib-28. Instead, however, of making the release of the chute member dependent upon'depressing cover member 22,the cover member 22 as indicated at Fig. 6 may vpro- Y Y vide for no depression but the rib 28 may be carried'upon a spring 30 with a-lug 31 in- ;serted upwardly through and exposed upon the exterior of the cover member 22' which,

-when depressed, will likewise depress the provided for preventing the flow of material 7 from the body portion around the top of the chute member, although when the rib 28 is made to fill the entire width of the cover 22 i no diaphragm is necessary. I

In either form it is desirable to strengthen the body portionto prevent collapsing or bulging and this may be done by introducing a stud or sleeve 33 between the walls of collapsing is pre vented. It is to be uncerstood that the par- 7 ticular form of material of the stud or the member employed is immaterial to the present invention and that the member may be varied as the exigencies of use may make necessary or desirable.

A different typeof latch is shown at Figs.

slot 35 formed therein which inlturn has an '8 and 9. With this type of latch the chute 12 is provided witn an offset 3 1. having a offset 36. A latch member 37 is secured to. I

ton 38 to exert pressure thereon- It is provided with a branch 39 for engaging the lug 40' for engaging within the slot 35. It isobvious that by pressing upon the point 38 both the cover 22 and the chute 12 will be simultaneously released. If it is desired to open only the chute to retain the cover in closed position, it is obvious that the finger of one hand may be hooked about the cover as the button 38 is pressed by the thumb, thereby releasing the chute alone. Upon the return movement the chute may simply be closed by the finger or thumb and will be engaged by the head 10 of the latch.

Any type of closure and latch means may be used in a box of substantially the same general form and shape, and it is preferable to provide the bottom of the box with some means for striking a match thereon, as the roughened or corrugated surface 41 as shown at Fig. 10 or the lips 42 as shown at Fig. 11, providing means to receive and retain a strip of paper indicated at 43 which may be sandpaper or chemically treated paper for igniting safety matches. Also on the reverse side of the box it is desirable to provide means for carrying a package of cigarette papers. This means may Vary in its physical embodiment as, for instance, the lips 44 as shown at Fig. 12 forming 3 sides of an inturned flange which overlaps the edges of the package of papers.

Instead of extending the lips entirely around to fully inolose the three sides of the paper, they may be made short as indicated at 45 in Fig. 13. p

Also the reverse side of the box may be provided with a spring clip secured to the box in any approved manner as by the strip 46, having hinged thereto the clip member 37 with a spring hinge 48 joining the two, whereby the package of papers 49 will be en aged by the clip.

aving thus fully described my invention,

. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A dispensing receptacle comprising a body portion, a chute portion hingedly connected therewith, means carried by the body portion for retaining the chute portion in normally closed condition, a cover for the body portion closing the body portion and the chute when in closed position, and means carried by the cover member for releasing the chute portion.

2. A dispensing receptacle comprising a body portion, a chute portion hingedly connected therewith, a spring tending to normally hold the'chute in open position, a cover for the body portion closing also the chute in closed position, means to retain the chute in closed condition in opposition to the tendency of the spring to move the chute to open position, and means carried by the cover member for releasing the chute.

3, A dispensing receptacle comprising a body portion, a chute member hingedly connected therewith, a spring tending to hold the'chute member in open position, a latch adapted to hold the chute in closed position against the tension of the spring, .a closure proportioned to cover both the body portion and the chute when in closed position, and means carried by the closure for releasing the latch.

4. A dispensing receptacle comprising a body portion, a chute member hingedly connectedtherewith, a spring tending to hold the chute in open position, a latch tending to hold the chute in closed position against the tension of the spring, a cover member hinged to the body and proportioned to cover the body and the chute in closed position, and

.means carried by the cover for releasing the latch.

5. A dispensing receptacle comprising a body portion, a chute member hingedly connected with the body portion, a spring tending to hold the chute in open position, a latch tending to hold the chute in closed position against the tension of the spring, a closure hinged to the body portion and proportioned to cover the body portion and the chute in closed position, and means to release the latch while retaining the closure in closed position.

6. A dispensing receptacle comprising a body'portion, a chute member hingedly connected therewith, a spring tending to hold the chute in open position, a second latch tending to hold the chute in closed position against the tension of the spring, a closure for the body portion covering but normally not engaging the chute member, and means to release the latch while retaining the closure in closed position.

7. A dispensing receptacle comprising a body portion, a chute member hingedly connected therewith, a spring tending to hold the chute yieldingly in open position, a latch tending to hold the chute in closed position against the tension of the spring, a closure proportioned to cover the body and chute but normally out of engagement with the chute,and means carried by the closure for releasing the latch.

8. A dispensing receptacle comprising a body portion, a chute member hingedly connected therewith, a spring tending to hold the chute member yieldingly in open position, a latch tending to hold the chute member normally closed against the tension of the spring, a closure hinged to the body portion and covering the body portion and chute but normally clearing the chute, and means whereby the depression of the closure releases the latch and permits-the chute to move to open position under the tension of the1 spring when the closure returns to norma 9. A dispensing receptacle comprising a I pressing the spring latch when the closure I body portion, a chute member hingedly connected therewith, a spring tending to hold the chute member yieldingly in open position, a spring latch adapted to hold the chute in closed position against the tension of the spring, a closure i'or the body coveringulso the chute but providing clearance :between the closure and the chute, means permitting the depressionof the cover member upon the body portion and to engage :the chute, and 'means carried bythe closure forfcleis depressed, permitting also the movement my hand and seal at New York, N. Y., this- 20th day of October, A. D. nineteen hun cited and nineteen.

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